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A Houston Chronicle photographer captured this heartbreaking moment during the funeral service, when Ekpanya's young son, Julian, cried near his father's coffin at the Grace Community Church in Houston.

"This is just something you simply cannot prepare for," Lugo told the Chronicle. "But even now that I say that, Endy did. Endy always went a step above."

The Pearland police department also posted touching tributes on Facebook to the fallen officer, including this heartbreaking video of his "last call," where they wrote, "Rest in peace, we got it from here."